Sr. Transaction Manager

Job Description Summary

As a member of Cushman & Wakefield's Portfolio Advisory Group, the Sr. Transaction Manager will be dedicated to one or more of Cushman & Wakefield's most dynamic client accounts. In this role, you will collaborate closely with peers and the account team to support a client's strategic real estate vision. As the Sr. Transaction Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day transaction management oversight for a complex real estate portfolio.

You will oversee transaction initiation through execution, manage programmatic stakeholder inputs, supervise team support (transaction managers, coordinators, and analysts), and ensure client budgeting, revenue management, and adherence to KPIs. The role embodies our team philosophy “Client First, Insight Always, Execution Excellence,” ensuring every deliverable reflects the team’s commitment to innovation, collaboration, and measurable impact.

Sr. Transaction Manager

Essential functions and responsibilities

• Implement portfolio plans aligned with client real‑estate goals and objectives
• Optimize and integrate portfolio with clients’ workplace strategy
• Collaborate with brokerage professionals to negotiate lease, sale, build‑to‑suit, sublease, and purchase terms
• Collaborate with a broad range of internal contributors and client stakeholders
• Manage the flow of key documentation and client communications
• Work with client operational groups at all levels to identify real‑estate needs
• Prepare, review, and interpret financial analysis and accounting concepts
• Report all transaction revenue
• Ensure accuracy of all transaction reports and client materials
• Present transaction activity to client and C&W management
• Participate in all client/C&W business reviews
• Lead and/or facilitate client meetings
• Provide supervision for transactional team members and others supporting the transaction activity of the relationship

• Develop and implement process and program management initiatives
• Standardize processes that create maximum efficiencies and add value
• Oversee development and continuous improvement of standard forms and procedures
• Develop performance measurements for internal benchmarking
• Create and implement an account operations manual/playbook

• Oversee transaction service delivery
• Coordinate and manage transaction teams
• Oversee/manage field broker selection process
• Determine clients' needs and communicate project parameters
• Oversee negotiations and management of transactions
• Collaborate with portfolio administration team to ensure data accuracy
• Coordinate legal review of all client leased/owned documents
• Ensure accuracy of financial data and reporting
• Resolve landlord/tenant disputes
• Coordinate client site visits and market tours
• Ensure all state real‑estate standards are met
• Oversee budgeting and revenue tracking of all transactions
• Manage client rebate account

• Lead the development of strategic plans and provide strategic real‑estate advice to clients
• Identify occupancy cost savings strategies
• Develop occupancy expansion/contraction strategies
• Ensure implementation of agreed‑upon strategy
• Produce and support business case development
• Prepare reports, data, and financial analyses toward the completion of a strategic plan
• Execute strategies by developing action plans
• Quantify and report on occupancy cost savings and value‑add analyses

Client Service Skills, Communication Proficiency (oral and written), Presentation Skills, Financial Analysis, Negotiation Skills, Leadership, Organization Skills, Teamwork Orientation, Multi‑Tasking, Strategic Planning.

• Bachelor’s degree required in any related field

• 7+ years real‑estate experience in transaction management or corporate real‑estate
• Experience with high‑level, complex transaction management including lease negotiations and strategy

• Must obtain and hold state real‑estate salesperson license
• LEED, MCR, CCIM designations are a plus
• Ability to read and understand commercial real‑estate transaction documents, such as a lease, purchase & sale agreement, sublease…